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| Title |
All purulence is local – epidemiology and management of skin and soft tissue infections in three urban emergency departments
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Emergency Medicine, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-227x-13-26 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Chris Merritt, John P Haran, Jacob Mintzer, Joseph Stricker, Roland C Merchant |
| Abstract |
Skin and soft tissue infection (SSTIs) are commonly treated in emergency departments (EDs). While the precise role of antibiotics in treating SSTIs remains unclear, most SSTI patients receive empiric antibiotics, often targeted toward methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The goal of this study was to assess the efficiency with which ED clinicians targeted empiric therapy against MRSA, and to identify factors that may allow ED clinicians to safely target antibiotic use. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 40% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 64 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 64 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 16% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 16 | 25% |
| Unknown | 11 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 41% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 13% |
| Unknown | 12 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 April 2014.
All research outputs
#12,772,202
of 22,738,543 outputs
Outputs from BMC Emergency Medicine
#341
of 747 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#157,003
of 306,076 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Emergency Medicine
#7
of 14 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 747 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.0. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 54% of its peers.
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